Meredith Corporation controversies
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2020
Playboy sues Meredith and service companies over subscriber-data losses
Lawsuit filed
Playboy sued Meredith, Pubworx Services and Specialists Marketing Services, alleging that subscriber information had been improperly disclosed and seeking indemnification for losses related to a separate subscriber privacy suit.
Company response
Denial — Meredith
The lawsuit, which involves work performed by TCS (Time Customer Service) when it was owned by Time Inc., is completely without merit and we plan to fight it vigorously.
Source excerpt
Playboy alleges that TCS and ProCirc disclosed subscriber data for Michigan subscribers to Specialists Marketing Services, which provided services, including the management and rental of Playboy's subscriber list, to Playboy during 2016.
Playboy is suing Meredith and two other companies and seeking millions of dollars of damages it suffered for losses related to a separate subscriber privacy suit.
In a suit filed in New York state court last week, Playboy alleges that Meredith, Pubworx Services and Specialists Marketing Services improperly disclosed the information of Playboy magazine subscribers to third parties in violation of Michigan law.